Tuesday, 27 July 2010 Start of our three week cycle trip through south-east England and, most importantly, our visit to Jackie in London. We didn’t have much choice when booking the ferry from Hoek Van Holland at this late stage so we had to take the afternoon trip. This made it difficult to reach in […]
Wednesday, 21 July 2010 to Monday, 26 July 2010 Recovery time, planning time, booking time and in the meantime get those cycling legs going again for our next adventure. In the meantime there was also a reunion of the De Baar family, the first time in 34 years the three siblings were together. Of course
Tuesday, 20 July 2010 Early up, coffee, rusks and pack. Goodbye to German girl who cycled off, legs pumping, her poor bicycle creaking under all the weight. We walked to tram, managed to use yesterdays tickets and then special bus to airport, the usual booking in etc. and then when I wanted to check in
Monday, 19 July 2010 We changed our mind and rather than taking the direct train to Basel do the scenic route via Zurich and were pleasantly surprised that it was absolutely no problem. We were treated to some typical postcard scenes. In Zurich we had lunch in the park, wanted to go to the museum,
Sunday, 18 July 2010 After breakfast we took a stroll into town to get train tickets to Basel and explore the town on foot. We took pictures of anything that took our fancy including this garage whose owner obviously had picked up some old aeroplane parts. Also any swiss cottage with scrolls, carvings, decorations, you
Saturday, 17 July 2010 The plan, well, my plan, was to take it easy but arm got twisted to climb to the top of the hill behind the campsite. First we had to walk through the streets of the suburb to the start of the path and encountered this lovely cart and horse combo. Soon
Friday, 16 July 2010 Today it was time to explore the second of the two large lakes which gave Interlaken its name. We took the bus to Bohlingen and then started to walk the road along the edge of the lake. The early morning mist gave the lake and the mountains an eerie look. While
Wednesday, 14 July 2010 The furtherst point covered by our six-day pass was Grosse Scheidegg, a high pass between two valleys so we had to go and see it. First the train to Grindelwald which we could catch with our eyes closed by now and the last bit by bus, you can see why. The
Tuesday, 13 July 2010 Our mission today was to visit the Bachalpsee, an alpine lake close to the small village of First. Again train to Grundelwald and then up with the cableway with individual gondolas, very nice trip. From the end of the cable station it is a short way to the lake. On the